Have you been missing live music the last few months? Well, then you’re in luck! The Moab Backyard Theater in downtown Moab, was among the first live music venues to reopen in the entire USA, hosting a lineup of local acts Tuesday through Thursday.

The Wolfe’s Ranch parking lot that hikers to Delicate Arch use is roughly 75 percent full Friday, a couple of hours after Arches National Park reopened for the second time that day. Photo by Doug McMurdo
If the community is going to be...

Levels of precipitation impact flow in the Colorado River, among numerous other ecologic and civic systems. This year, seasonal precipitation has been at 84% of average. Photo by Carter Pape
May was another rough month for precipitation in Utah’s valley locations, where the...

According to Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Grand County currently has the highest rate of unemployment in the State of Utah as workers have been laid off or furloughed en masse in the absence of tourism amid fears and regulations with regard to COVID-19.

Timeline for reopening economy remains uncertain. Slickrock Cinemas 3 is closed until at least April 15 after a public health order last month ordered public locations including cinemas, bars, bowling alleys and other businesses to shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

City Manager Joel Linares brought home the point Tuesday when he advised the Moab City Council during a budget presentation that, “not all months are created equal,” when it comes to the collection of sales taxes...

Two Grand County-based nonprofits that applied this year for property tax exemptions were recently denied their requests after officials made findings that the nonprofits did not provide a sufficient gift to the community, per Utah law, to qualify them for exemptions — exemptions that would have slightly raised property taxes on everyone else in the county.

In a discussion about the current state of Moab’s response to COVID-19, Grand County Council Member Rory Paxman expressed concern last week that a collective push from the hospital and health department to wear masks might be too much, also expressing concerns about “scrutiny” toward people who do not wear masks.